Wistia player crashes when src changes while playing

[nazar-serdiuk]

After updating react-player from v2.16.1 → v3.3.3, I started experiencing a crash when switching the video source while the player is already playing. This issue is also reproducible in the demo from the current repository.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Open the demo.
2. Click the "Play" button before opening any video.
3. Open any Wistia video.

Actual behavior:
The app crashes with the following error:
TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'play')

Expected behavior:
The player should switch to the new video source and autoplay it, without throwing an error.

I would be grateful for any guidance on how to handle this or a potential fix from your side.

Screen.Recording.2025-10-07.at.10.39.49.mov

[pedrosousa13]

It's actually breaking more than this. it's breaking on autoplay too for example and in some cases I can see it breaking on normal play.